Journal-box and lid.



1N0. 642,258. Patented Ian. 30, I900.

C RUBKEN JOURNAL BOX AND LID.

(Application filed Apr. 18, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNi'rnn STATES PATENT OFF-ICE.

(,li-IARLES ROBKEN,-OF ARGENLPA, ARKANSAS.

JOURNAL-BOX AND LID.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,258, dated January30, 1900.

Application filed Apr'il 13,1899.

T0 (LZZ 10700772 it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES ROBKEN, of Argenta, in the county ofPulaski, State of Arkansas, haveiuvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Journal-Boxes and Lids, of which the following is acomplete specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings.

The object of my invention is to produce improvements in journal-boxesfor railwaycars, which consist, essentially, in an improved lid for thesame and in a box adapted to accommodate such improved lid.

In car journal'boxes in ordinary use the axle is made to revolve withinasupply of lubricating material contained in the box, usually consistingof a mass of oil-soaked waste,

whichis adapted under most favorable conditions to prevent heating ofthe bearings. It has been diffieult, however, with the boxes in ordinaryuse to exclude dust, which, accu-v mulatin g in the lubricatingmaterial, speedily occasions heating, with its attendant inconveniencesand losses. It is proposed by the employment of my journal-box and lidto practically exclude all dust from the interior of the box, andthereby to eliminate the chief cause of hot boxes or bearings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I is a perspective viewof my boxand lid .complete, showing the lid closed and one corner thereof brokenaway. Fig. II is a longitudinal vertical section of the same, showing infull lines the lid closed and in dotted lines two other positions of thelid, the upper of said positions being that of the lid fully open andthe lower being that position in which the lid is disengaged from itsfastening in the box preparatory to lifting it. Fig. III is a per-.spective view of the lid detached. Fig. IV is a sectional view of aportion of my box illustrative of the grooved ear thereof.

Referring to the numerals on the drawings, 1 indicates a car-axle boxwhich may be of any suitable, ordinary, o'r preferred construc- Withinthis rotates an axle 2 in the usual way. At its mouth, upon oppositesides, are provided ears or oblong plates 3, the opposite inner faces ofeach of which is provided with an upwardly-flared groove 4,

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Within'the opposite grooves 4 slides my gate, consisting, essentially,of a shutter 6 and shutter-closing member. The shutter is designed toextend across or substantially across the upper and lower walls 7 and 8of the mouth of the box and may be provided along its upper edge with aflange 9, adapted, by engagement with the wall'7, to limit the downwardmovement of the shutter through the grooves &. The shutter-closingmember consists, preferably, of a spring actuated plate 10, bentupwardly from the lower edge 11 of the shutter G and disposed at a widerangle to the shutter 6 than the angle of the flare of the grooves 4. Theplate 10 is resiliently carried upon the shutter 6 by the bend 11,,through which the plate is resiliently actuated, the shutter and platebeing preferably made of spring sheet metal. The plate 10 is providedupon opposite sides with notches or recesses 12, adapted to engage theshoulders 5 in the grooves 4. The lateral edges 13 and 14 of the plate10 engage with the front wall of each of grooves 4 and bear against themthroughout their, extent. In consequence of the resilient action of theplate 10 with respect to the shutter 6 not only is the engagement of thenotches 12 with the shoulders 5 secured and the retention of the shutterwithin the grooves 4 thereby insured,

but also a constant and sufficient pressure is I exerted upon theshutter to force it snugly against the walls 7 and 8 and the inner Walls16, in order to adapt the parts to be construct- 9 5 ed of requiredweight without rendering the spring action between the plate 10 and theshutter 6 too stifi and diiiicult of manipulation.

In order ordinarily to prevent tits entire IOO shutter 6 and plate 10,so that the lid may be the lid from the box, it is only necessary for ofits month,of a shutter sliding in the grooves,

there being shoulders in theupper ends of the grooves, and notches onthe plate adapted to engage therewith, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a journal-box prowithdrawal of the shutter 6when the box is to be -opened,I pref'erto employ on the outside of theshutter 6 a pin 17, passing through apertures in the ears 3. Thispin,'as shown in Fig. II, engages the bend at 11 between the of itsmouth, of a shutter provided with a flange at its upper end, andaresiliently-carried plate, the shutter and the plate working within thegrooves in the ears, substantially as setforth. 45

6. The combination with a journal-bog; provided with grooved ears uponopposite'sides of its mouth, of a flanged shutter and resili-'ently-carried plate, provided with a handle working in the grooves ofthe ears, substan- 5o tially as set forth. Y 1 p 7 The combination witha journal-box provided with grooved'ears upon opposite sides ofits'mouth, of a shutter and resiliently-carried plate working within thegrooves, anda 55 pin connecting the ears between the shutter and plate,substantially'as set forth. I 8. A railway -journal-box lid consistingof a shutter and plate united thereto at an angle by a resilientbend,substantially as set forth. 6o 9. A journal-box lid consisting of aflanged shutter, and a plate united thereto by a resilient'bend, saidplate being provided with a handle, substantially as set forth.

manipulated to fully uncover the mouth of the box without being entirelyremoved from the box.

If atany time an operator wishes to detach that'purpose to remove thepin 17.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with a journal-box provided withgrooved ears upon opposite sides and resilient shutter-closing memberupon the shutter, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a journal-box provided with grooved ears uponopposite sides of its mouth, of a shutter sliding in said grooves, andresiliently-carried plate thereon, workingin said grooves, substantiallyas set forth.

3. The combination with a journal-box provided wit'hgrooved ears uponopposite sides of its mouth, of a shutter and resiliently-carried plateworking in the grooves, and means for. limiting the movement in eitherdirection of the shutter when closed, substantially as set forth. I

subscribed my name. 4. The combination with a journal-box pro- CHARLESROBKEN.

vided with flaringly-gr'ooved ears upon oppo- Witnesses: 7 site sides ofits mouth, of a shutter-and resili- JOHN K. MURTA, ently-carried plateworking in the grooves, F. M. OLIVER.

vided with grooved cars upon. opposite sides 0 In testimony of all whichI have hereunto 6 5

